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We went to Tesco today, could not find a disabled spot so parked where we could. We went past the disabled parking area and it was full of cars without badges, I spoke to a customer service rep she said we dont have parking attendant anymore just the camera when you enter the car park. I said a camera will not stop the lazy bar stewards from parking in the disabled bays, she gave me HQ's telephone number and asked if I would complain to them which I shall first thing in the morning. If they do nothing about it I shall boycott tesco's and tell them to work their credit cards and any services they offer.
I would ask all of you that use tesco's to phone tesco's HQ and complain as it's nationwide and, if needs be boycott them, if you do please tell them that you are going to boycott their stores as I will be doing. Every little helps ' heh heh.
Tesco's HQ tel number 0800505555
Ron
PS. Please the brigade that deny disabled parking not start "why should you have special treatment" it's not asked for and not required. Thank you.
Its not just Tescos,the same thing happens wherever there are bays by shops. I used to work with a society for disabled people and we tried a Baywatch campaign. When the retailers didn't have the resources to continue,we went to geurilla tactics. We printed leaflets to the effect that if you want the bay do you want the disabilty to go with it?
It did have some effect and gave the distributers a buzz doing it.
Hi Ron.
I would feel like parking across the back of the offending vehicles with my disabled badge prominently displayed.
Ray.
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We don't use Tesco anymore and this is the main reason why. However, I am clearly in a minority as the car park was always very crowded back in the days when it had our custom.
I lost my rag one day when a young couple charged in to a disabled parking slot, jumped out and trotted into the shop. I challenged them and was ignored. So I tied a trolley to their car using their rear windscreen wiper, which got a bit bent in the process.
The customers of Morrisons, the Co-op and Waitrose all seem to be more civilised and respectful of the blue badge scheme.
Not only the disabled but the parent with infant areas but I have to say it is a difficult thing to police with the best will in the world. There's always someone who will cheat the system
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The above is only a personal opinion
I never dream of parking in disabled or mother & toddler spaces, and do not condone those that do.
But I can understand to an extent what drives some people to do it - namely the ridiculous new legislation that requires x% of a supermarket's entire parking to be allocated for disabled spaces. This is regardless of actual need.
There is a Morrison's near me in Wokingham that has a huge parking area. At one time, they were planning a whole shipping precinct and the parking reflects this. So to satisfy the bureaucrats, at least a couple of dozen spaces are designated for disabled, even though I doubt if more than a handful of qualified people would ever be in the store at any one time.
As a result, everyone else has to park a crazy distance from the store, and it hardly surprises me that some people just say sod it, and park in a disabled bay anyway.
As usual, its the total lack of balance in this country. We either have no legislation at all, or we go totally over the top and ignore all common sense; but then our laws are so toothless that large factions of the community do not bother to obey them anyway.
Just watch the majority of genuinely issued blue badge holders when they get out vehicles. All I can say is that they must have had an bad day when their GP assessed them The genuine users are obvious, the ones sprinting in the store aren't!
P.S. I am officially registered as 19% disabled by the then DSS. I have a reconstructed ACL...I run about 15miles a week and walk the dog 3-4 miles a day. (I don't have a blue badge, but it shows how the system can be played).
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namely the ridiculous new legislation that requires x% of a supermarket's entire parking to be allocated for disabled spaces. This is regardless of actual need.
pandalf wrote:
As a result, everyone else has to park a crazy distance from the store
I'm sorry, but this is a stupid argument. When you say a "crazy distance", how long does it take to walk this "crazy distance"? 2 minutes? 3 minutes? 30 seconds?
The places are there. Able-bodied people shouldn't park there. People are just too lazy to walk for even a couple of minutes.
namely the ridiculous new legislation that requires x% of a supermarket's entire parking to be allocated for disabled spaces. This is regardless of actual need.
pandalf wrote:
As a result, everyone else has to park a crazy distance from the store
I'm sorry, but this is a stupid argument. When you say a "crazy distance", how long does it take to walk this "crazy distance"? 2 minutes? 3 minutes? 30 seconds?
The places are there. Able-bodied people shouldn't park there. People are just too lazy to walk for even a couple of minutes.
Gerald
We were one of the few with cars when we were kids (I must have been around 6 or 7).
But when Dad was at work in the car.
My mum used to get on the Bus, walk across town. Up a steep hill to the Market, shop till she dropped. Onto Tesco's, then M&S. Walk to bus, bags in hand. Bus to our town and then walk home.
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The genuine users are obvious, the ones sprinting in the store aren't!
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